Tie-plate.



B. B. BETTS.

TIE PLATE.

Patented Oct. 5,1915.

B1B. BETTS.

TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I2. I9I4. l 1,155,991 Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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BENJAMIN B. renters, or's'r. Louis, Missounr l TIE-(PLATE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented oet'. 5 1915,.

VApplication filed October 12, 1914. Serial N o. 866,395.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be 'it known that I, BENJAMIN B. BETTs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Plates, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exactpdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in tie plates, inwhich two metal plates are shaped and combined in such manner asto support and hold unaltered running and guard rails in proper relative arrangement and brace the guardrail against lateral canting from the running rail, and the object of my invention is .to provide a unitary structure made up of metal plates united and shaped to support and interbrace a running rail and a guard rail.

The above and other objectsare attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective of a plate embodying my improvements, havingsections of running and guard rails thereon; Fig. 2 is a plan of the plate; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the plate; Fig. 4 is a fragmental longitudinal sectional elevation taken through one of the spike openings and rail bearing shoulders; Ffg. 5 is a detail, sectional elevation taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Referring by numerals tothe accompanying drawings: 6 and 7 designatethe twosections of metal plate hereinafter termed re-v spectively the running rail section and the guard rail section. The running rail section 6 is an integral unit made up from a section of metal plate of uniform thickness and has intermediate its ends a portion 8 raised above the plane of the body of the section, leaving the remainder of the body divided into the tie engaging portions 9 and 10 which occupy the same plane. In each of the portions 9 and 10 and adjacent their ends are the spike openings 11-11.

In raising the portion 8 above the plane of the body of the section, a shoulder 12 is formed against which the base of the running rail 13 engages. In opposition to the shoulder 12, extending parallel therewith, transversely of the section, and substantially in line with the spike opening 11, is a rail bearing shoulder 14:, formed by being struck from the body of the section. The surface 15 between the shoulders 12 vand 14 is plane and is equal in width to the width of the running rail base. 'Ihe guard rail section 7 is also an integral unit made up of a section of metal plate of uniform thickness,-the same asfthe running rail section, p

and its body portion 16l is plane, to rest upon the raised portion 8 of the running rail section, and of aflength to project over the surface 15 to form a recess 17 which receives the baseof the running rail.Y

Paralleling'the outside end margin ofthe Y section 7 is aQrail bearing shoulder 18,

y formed by being struck from the body of the plate and formed coincidentally therewith is a depression `19 in the bottom face `of the section. This depression 19 coactsv with a vshoulder 2O struck from the body of the running rail section to prevent relative movements of the two plate sections.

In order to' hold theV two plates in a unitary structure, I resort to theuse of the rivets 21, which are 'relieved of all shearing strains incident vto traiiic by the shoulder 20 and depression 19.

In opposition to the shoulder 18 there is l a shoulder 22, formed by bending the plate upwardly and between these two shoulders 18 and 22 the base of the guard rail 23 is placed. V

In order tosecurethe guard rail, I provide the spike opening 24 substantially in line with the shoulder 18, andl also double back -the materialv ofthe plate from the shoulder'22 to form a recess 25 which re- 'ceives 'the basev of theguard rail. The plate is then bent, from the recess 25, outwardly and upwardly, to form a bracey 26 whose upper end is downwardly and outwardlyinclined to litbeneath the ball of the running rail 13. This brace prevents buckling of the plate in that the guard rail is held against canting. And plate buckling is also obviated by reason of the recess 17 holding the running rail against canting.

Although I have shown in Fig. 1 my combined running and guard rail mounting formed of two pieces of metal plate, I have found that both pieces may be formed, pressed or rolled from a single piece of material having the same features of construction.

I-Iaving thus describedmy invention, what I-claim as new therein and desire to secure` by Letters Patent of the United States, is: 1. A tie plate, comprising two sections of metal plate, a base section and a top secl tion, the said base section being provided With an integral shoulder adjacent one end thereof struck from the said base section, and spike openings adjacent thereto, there being spike openings formed in the opposite end of said base section and said base section being provided With an elevated portion intermediate said spike openings pressed from the body of said base portion, the said elevated portion being provided With an upwardly projecting portion struck from said elevated portion, the remaining section of said tie plate comprising a single plate of material provided on its top surface With a recess at one end, an integral shoulder at the opposite end struck from said plate, and a spike Yopening adjacent thereto, and an integral brace formed from said plate and projecting at an angle from said plate.

2. A guard rail moun`ting, comprising a baser plate provided on one end' with a spike opening and an up-set running rail bearing shoulder formed adjacent thereto and on the opposite end With a spike opening and further with an elevated portion intermediate said spike openings, and a separate plate adapted to be positioned on said elevated portion struck from the base plate, said second plate being provided with a rail bear ing shoulder struck` therefrom and a spike opening adjacent thereto and with a brace formed integral with said second plate and projecting at an angle therefrom.

3. ln a tie plate, the combination with a metal plate comprising tie engaging portions in the same plane and a portion between and in a plane above the tie engaging portions of a second metal plate arranged to rest upon the elevated portion of the rst mentioned plate and overlap one of the tie Copies of this patent may te obtained for engaging portions thereof, said second plate having an integral brace arranged to extend to beneath the ball of a rail resting on one of the tie engaging portions of the first permost plate and arranged to extend from K the base of the guard rail to the ball of the running rail.

5. In a device of the class described, a metal plate having a spike opening at each end, a raised plane portion between said spike openings and a rail bearing shoulder struck from its body in opposition to said raised plane portion, and a second metal plate having a plane portion to rest. on the raised portion of the first mentioned plate and extend therebeyond to form a recess, said second plate being shaped to form a recess over the mentioned recess and an inclined brace overthe recess, a rail bearing shoulder struck from the second plate in opposition to the recess, there being a spike opening through said second plate in line with the shoulder and also through the first mentioned plate.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BENJAMlN B. BETTS.

Witnesses:

EDWARQE. LONGAN, E. L. WALLACE.

ve cents each, 'addressing'y the Commissioner of Patents, washington, D. e. 

